1 Peter 3:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

The just

1 John 1:9

That

Ephesians 2:16

Being

Colossians 1:21

Bible References

The just

While he was still on the Bench, his wife sent this message to him--"Do not have anything to do with that good man, for I have been very unhappy to-day in a dream on account of him."

You, I say, disowned the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for the release of a murderer!

Then he said 'The God of our ancestors has appointed you to learn his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear words from his lips;

You have condemned, you have murdered, the Righteous One! Must not God be opposed to you?

If we confess our sins, God may be trusted, in his righteousness, to forgive us our sins and purify us from all wickedness.

That

And when, upon the cross, he had destroyed their mutual enmity, he sought by means of his cross to reconcile them both to God, united in one Body.

Being

Since, then, Christ suffered in body, arm yourselves with the same resolve as he; for he who has suffered in body has ceased to sin,

For Jesus 'was given up to death to atone for our offences,' and was raised to life that we might be pronounced righteous.

I do not mean that we are to dictate to you with regard to your faith; on the contrary, we work with you for your true happiness; indeed, it is through your faith that you are standing firm.

For though his crucifixion was due to weakness, his life is due to the power of God. And we, also, are weak in his weakness, but with him we shall live for you through the power of God.

And it pleased God that you, once estranged from him and hostile towards him in your thoughts, intent only on wickedness--